NIACE (the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) is calling for examples of adult basic skills provision aimed at social inclusion. Follow this link for more information and to complete the sruvey.
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Basic Skills
The ePlatform for Adult Learning in Europe (EPALE) is coming soon
As the latest development in an ongoing commitment to improving the quality of adult learning in Europe, the European Commission will soon unveil a new multilingual open community. The aim of EPALE is to create a hub for adult education professionals with the goal to...
NIACE’s new app “Maths everywhere”
EBSN member NIACE has recently launched an app intended to help adults solve everyday maths problems and improve their skills. You can download it for free and test your skills – and consider whether something like this should be produced in your country....
Report form the second EBSN Academy course
The second EBSN Academy course took place in Luxembourg, in the town of Esch-sur Alzette, in March. The workshop's language was French and so is the languge of this report. A resumé in English will be available soon.
The French National and European Conference on Illiteracy
The French National and European Conference on Illiteracy was held in Lyon in November 2013. Organised by ANLCI, an EBSN member, in partnership with the 67 supporters of the Grande Cause Nationale 2013 and the Europe-Education-Formation France (2e2f) Agency, this...
New book from NIACE: Reading for Pleasure and Reading Circles
Reading for Pleasure and Reading Circles for Adult Emergent Readers Insights in Adult Learning Sam Duncan February 2014 RRP £7.95 (print and e-book) 80 pages Details at: http://bitly.com/1bcSYKa About this publication Adult literacy provision has become more...
EPALE: The bid were EBSN is represented has successfully passed the evaluation of the open call for tenders
The objective of EPALE -Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe - is to establish an interactive web-based multilingual information platform on adult education in Europe. The EPALE shall prepare and provide information, e.g. about new materials, best practice...
The European Agenda for Adult Learning
The EU Agenda for Adult Learning defines the focus for European cooperation in adult education policies for 2012-2020. In the framework of the Agenda, the Commission coordinates a network of national coordinators (NC). The role of the NCs is to contribute to...
Massive interest for the first EBSN Academy experimental MOOC workshop
The first workshop of the EBSN Academy took place in Oslo November 25th to 29th 2013. The Grundtvig Literacy Workshop was organized by Vox under the title “Evidence-based delivery of literacy training in the digital era”. The interest in participating in the workshop...
EAEA proposes Flagship Initiative on adult education
President Per Paludan Hansen introduced EAEA´s proposal of a European Flagship Initiative on adult learning at the Conference Equipping adults for the 21st century - Joining Forces for Action on Skills and Competences in Vilnius.